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Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) and private security operatives attached to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) branch in Awka, Anambra State, clashed at the Weather Head Estate in Awka at the weekend causing pandemonium.
Sources said private security operatives led by the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the CBN in Awka confronted men of the NSCDC, who were in the estate on a legitimate duty to rescue a missing child.
THISDAY learned that the NSCDC operatives were in the estate following a petition addressed to them over a four-year-old girl who had been taken away from her nursery school in Awka, without the permission of her guardian.
The source said the child’s parents had moved away, with the child left in the care of his father, fueling suspicions that the child’s mother may have orchestrated his removal from the school.
The little girl was traced by NSCDC operatives to a building in the estate and they were about to rescue her when a man who said he identified himself as the CBN security chief in Awka arrived in a sky blue Lexus RX 330 SUV and obstructed the NSCDC operatives, as they took the little girl away.
Our source said: “The incident took place in my estate and generated huge tension as both sides of the security men challenged each other with capped guns.
“Many people in the residential neighborhood left, hiding away from the incident to avoid being involved in a shooting.”
When THISDAY contacted the Head of Media and Tactical Operations in the Anambra State Command of the NSCDC, SC Okadigbo Edwin, for reaction, his phone line was not reachable.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Command of the NSCDC has written to the Awka branch of the CBN regarding the conduct of the CSO, requesting investigation into the matter, insisting that their officers were on lawful duty. (THIS THURSDAY)
